Concord, a US investment group backed by Apollo Global Management, has raised its bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to $1.5bn, surpassing a competing offer from Blackstone and initiating a bidding war, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Funds advised by private equity firm Triton have agreed to sell EQOS, a European specialty installation and service company providing critical infrastructure, to Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, part of French construction group Eiffage.
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone will acquire Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a franchisor of fast casual restaurants, from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, marking the first deal from the most recent vintage of Blackstone’s flagship PE strategy.
Global law firm Paul Hastings has added Alexander Temel as a Partner and Global Co-Chair of its private equity practice. In his new role, Temel will serve as a founding member of the firm’s new Boston office.
IK Partners’s IK Partnership II Fund has acquired a minority stake in A-SAFE, a UK designer, manufacturer and distributor of industrial polymer safety barrier systems, from the company’s management team, led by Co-CEOs James and Luke Smith.
Manchester-based private equity firm Palatine has exited specialist fleet solutions provider NRG Riverside via a sale of the business, following significant investment in its people and operations, to Astatine Investment Partners, a specialist PE investor focused on infrastructure investments.
Rex Kim, Chief Investment Officer of the Oregon Investment Council, which oversees Tigard, the $93.6bn Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, has announced a commitment of a combined $1.5bn to private markets strategies.
Deerpath Capital Management has closed a $452.61m collateralised loan obligation – its tenth issuance in the past six years and the firm’s first new CLO this year, according to a report from ABL Advisor.
Credit-focused asset manager Aeon Investments has added Bosworth Monck, most recently Global Head of Investor Relations at IFC Asset Management, to its advisory board, according to a report by Money Marketing.
San Francisco-based real estate credit manager ACORE Capital has closed a new commingled credit fund with approximately $1.4bn in capital commitments from investors, according to a report by PERE.
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